While Paris Basketball, 15th in Betclic Elite last season, obtained an invitation to participate in the Eurocoupe, the executive director of Gravelines-Dunkerque Hervé Beddeleem expressed his incomprehension via social networks.
This is a choice that has confused many people. Last June, the leaders of the ECA, the organizing company of the Euroleague and the Eurocup for men, announced the names of the teams which will participate in their secondary competition for the 2022-2023 season. If Bourg-en-Bresse, already engaged during the previous year, the second club that will represent the Betclic Elite there will be Paris Basketball.
Indeed, the club led by David Kahn convinced the ECA to join his team despite an unflattering 15th place finish in Betclic Elite and a secure hold on the very last day. A choice that left aside the sporting merit to highlight the economic interests. In effect, Boulogne-Levallois was put aside despite a third place in the French championship and a journey to the quarter-finals of the Eurocup last season.
le Paris basket-ball @ParisBasketball he so so deserved his wild card… frankly you have to do it, save yourself on the last day of the championship, and get a wild card!!
“A successful first in the elite”… so successful that we fire the coach… ????— BEDDELEEM Hervé (@hervebeddeleem) August 8, 2022
Beddeleem: “Paris Basketball has so, so deserved it”
If most of the reactions to these designations were muted, Hervé Beddeleem left his reserve on Monday. While, to increase the pressure before the start of the season, the National Basketball League (LNB) takes stock of the clubs involved at the highest French level via its official account Twitterthe general manager of Gravelines-Dunkerque did not fail to criticize the European ticket obtained by the club of the Capital.
« Paris Basketball has so, so deserved its wildcardsaid the leader of the northern club via his personal account in response to this message from the LNB. Frankly, you have to do it, save yourself on the last day of the championship and get a wild card! ” Hervé Beddeleem took the opportunity to address a small tackle to Paris Basketball which, according to the LNB experienced ” a successful first in the Elite ». « So successful that we fire the coach “, he said while Will Weaver replaced Jean-Christophe Prat on the Parisian bench this summer.
